Pile-protector.



A. L. REYNOLDS. FILE PROTECTOR.- APPLICATION FlLED MAR. 20. I915.

Patented May14,1918.

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ALVA LEMAN REYNOLDS, 0F LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO COMMON SENSE IPILE PROTECTOR COMPANY, OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, A

CALIFORNIA.

CORPORATION OF FILE-PROTECTOR.

Application filed March 20, 1915. Serial No. 15,989.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ALVA 'LEMAN REY- NOLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Long Beach, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Pile-Protector, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to that class of pile protectors in which a collar loosely encircling a pile is raised and lowered by float means actuated by wave and tide action, and intended to keep the surface of the pile free from all kinds of destructive life, as for instance, limnoria, teredo, barnacles and mussels.

An object 'of this invention is to construct a pile protector of said class, which will be cheaper to manufacture, will be more certain and efficient in action, and will be capable of economical construction, and will resist oxidation and wave force. I

A further object is to so construct the protector that it can be made of lasting material at a low price, also to guard against accumulations of sea growth upon the floats and also to so construct the floats that they will be long-lived and buoyant.

A further object is to so construct the protector that the floats may yield to the force of the waves in the direction of the movement thereof thus to minimize the likelihood of breaking the rings; also to minimiz the surface upon which the wave action may be effective to wrench the ring.

Other objects and advantages may appear from the subj oined detail description.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure l is a fragmental perspective view of a pile protector constructed in accordance with this invention with plural rings, two of which are shown. Fragments of connections for another ring are also shown.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a pile protector constructed in accordance with this invention with only one ring as it may appear in place on a pile for operation between high and low tide level.

Fig. 3 is a detached view of one set of the metal parts of the invention as the same may be manufactured and assembled ready for shipment before the floats are attached.

The pile protector comprises a ring 1 which may be a piece of rod or wire of noncorrodible metal adapted to loosely encircle the pile a and having its ends 2, 3 adapted for connection with each other, to form a ring rotatable around and slidable up and down on thepile, said member also being bent-into loops l arranged at intervals for connection with swing arms 5 forming connectors adapted respectively to receive and to be secured to floats 6. V

.The connectors Y 5 may be links mainly straight and constructed of the same kind of rod or wire material of which the ring member is constructed, and the floats may be made of some suitable buoyant material best adapted to'resist the water action and to maintain buoyancy.

For economical and other reasons I at present regard whitecedar wood as the most desirable material for constructing the buoyant members or floats. Such white cedar wood should be well seasoned, treated with creosote and painted. Said floats as shown are cylindrical in form and provided with axial holes 7, so that the ends of the connecting links or swing arms therefor may be inserted through the floats from end to end and bent over at right angles as at 8, forming swivel connections upon which the floats can rotate. The links 5 may be looped in loops 4t as shown at 9 and are thus pivotally and hingedly connected with the ring. This may be done at a place of manufacture and the rings and links thus shipped to the place of use where the straight ends of the links of the uppermost ring will be inserted through the floats respectively and then bent over, said floats being thus respectively swiveled and hingedly connected to the ring by a link member to positively move the ring up and to allow the ring to move down responsive to the wave and tide action upon the float.

The loops 4: are angularly disposed relative to ring 1, the arrangement allowing a free radial and tangential oscillating movement of swing arms 5 relative to the pile, and a free longitudinal and rotative movement of ring 1 upon the pileresponsive to the wave movements.

It is understood that the ring may be variously constructed and that the float connectors may also be constructed in various ways and may be variously attached, and it is understood that the form shown is typical of that in which I now regard as the best form. in which the invention may be emthe load thus imposed upon them and to allow them to cause the rings to move up and allow them to move down responsive to the wave and tide action.

I claim:

1. A pile protector comprising a rlng i, adapted to loosely encircle the pile; and

buoyantmembers supporting the ring; said buoyant members being loosely connected to the ring and otherwise disconnected from each other, and contacting independently of each other with the pile.

A pile protector comprising a ring adapted to loosely encircle the pile and buoyant members loosely connected to and supporting the ring at points equi-distant from each other and moving independently of each other to move the ring.

3. A pile protector comprising a ring adapted to loosely encircle the pile, swing arms having a loose swivel connection with the ring, and buoyant members rotating upon said swing arms.

l. A pile protector comprising a ring adapted to loosely encircle the pile, swing arms having a loose swivel connection with the ring and buoyant members connected to said swing arms.

5. A pile protector comprising an annular ring loosely encircling the pile, swing arms attached to the ring, and buoyant members attached to the swing arms, said buoyant 1 7. A pile protector comprising a Wire ring having loops thereon, Wire swing arms having loose connection with said loops respectively, and buoyant members sliding upon said wire arms respectively.

8. A pile protector comprising a flexible collar for loosely encircling a pile, and a plurality of buoyant members loosely connected to the collar and adapted to move over the surface of the pile under the action of the water.

9. A pile protector comprising a flexible collar, and aplurality of buoyant members mounted for independent movement with reference to the collar.

10. A pile protector comprising a flexible collar, and a plurality of buoyant rotatably mounted members loosely connected to the collar.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 15th day of March 1915.

ALVA LEMAN REYNOLDS.

In presence of- JAMES R. TOWNSEND, FREDERIC M. KEENEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, .D. 0. 

